Friday the 13th, a full moon, VERY bizarre warm weather and almost exactly a month since Mom passed. We're having her memorial service this Sunday.

Our family is small; Mom had two brothers, one of whom had 2 children. The children he had are estranged from his side of the family (altho I did send a card to his son, who I vaguely rememb. The other brother didn't marry til he was 60 and never had children. Dad was an only child; his mother had two sisters. One sister had two children, Auntie Rosa and Uncle Bob. The other sister married into a well to do family and wanted nothing further to do with her sisters. Auntie Rosa had 3 kids with her husband, Uncle Jim: Dickie, Melodie & Maribeth. This was the side of the family I'm closest to. Dickie has passed on, but Maribeth (even tho I misspelled her name in the program for the memorial service, she's going to KILL me) and Mel are a big part of my life. Uncle Bob, who was married to Aunt Cinny, both passed away, had two children, Carl & Erica. Carl is deceased (our family wasn't too lucky with it's males); Erica, called Rikki, is coming to the memorial service and I haven't seen her in a good 10 years. Dickie, Mel, Maribeth, Carl & Rikki also had children; my brother and I are the only slackers who didn't, much to my mother's chagrin...she wanted more than anything to be a grandmother.

So anyway, those are my thoughts tonight.

I'll be thinking of you tomorrow.

Listen, my own father misspells my name, so why not you too? At least you didn't call me Meredith! LOL
Sometimes I feel sad we don't have a bigger family. But we are sooooo lucky to have each other. Quality over Quantity!
Love & hugs!!!

I have a very large family. A lot of them have "passed on". A lot of them have "moved on". Whats important is the closeness you build with certain people. Even within a large family, I am closest to only a few.
Sending a big hug your way for during the service.....

I'll be thinking about you this weekend too. I hope all your family members will support each other and mix a little laughter in with the tears.

I wish you well for the memorial service this weekend. I don't really know what else to say as everything else seems awkward...I don't want to say 'have a good time' but considering it is in remembrance of your mom that is exactly what I want it to be for you. A time for you and your family to remember the good things, to laugh at old memories and to comfort one another.

Yep, We are family!!! I for one am darn glad of that! My Dad being an only child meant we had the same thing with no Aunts or Uncles on his side. Just Mom's brother and wife and Carl and Rikki and you all.

you will be in my thoughts this weekend, sweetie. hugs times 1 million.

Definately an interesting family tree.

Will also be thinking about you tomorrow.

Thought about you lots today.